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Kona Lanes Closed - Selling off everything...
(OC Register)
Kona Lanes, once home to raucous late-night bowling and old-fashioned afternoon birthday parties, quietly ended a 45-year run when it closed its doors for good Sunday night two weeks ahead of schedule.
And while it's too late for one last midnight Rock & Bowl, there's still time to take home a piece of the Googie 1960s-era landmark.
"Everything is for sale," owner Jack Mann said Tuesday. "In the past 48 hours I've gotten 50 phone calls making bids for everything."
Mann will be at the lanes daily from noon to 4 p.m. willing to listen to offers on anything from the bar stools and shot glasses to the well-worn maple on the 40 alleys. There's 1,600 pins and hundreds of bowling balls just waiting for a good home.
Mann said he's heard from a Hollywood studio interested in buying the few hundred plastic molded orange chairs surrounding the lanes and from locals who just want to spend a couple of bucks for a pin. The Fire Department wants to buy shoes, he said.
"Come in and make me an offer," said Mann, whose family has owned the alley since 1980. He watched workers wheel around filing cabinets and size up video games, and said he was saddened and still a bit in shock they had to close the alley, which opened in 1958.
(OC Register)
Kona Lanes, once home to raucous late-night bowling and old-fashioned afternoon birthday parties, quietly ended a 45-year run when it closed its doors for good Sunday night two weeks ahead of schedule.
And while it's too late for one last midnight Rock & Bowl, there's still time to take home a piece of the Googie 1960s-era landmark.
"Everything is for sale," owner Jack Mann said Tuesday. "In the past 48 hours I've gotten 50 phone calls making bids for everything."
Mann will be at the lanes daily from noon to 4 p.m. willing to listen to offers on anything from the bar stools and shot glasses to the well-worn maple on the 40 alleys. There's 1,600 pins and hundreds of bowling balls just waiting for a good home.
Mann said he's heard from a Hollywood studio interested in buying the few hundred plastic molded orange chairs surrounding the lanes and from locals who just want to spend a couple of bucks for a pin. The Fire Department wants to buy shoes, he said.
"Come in and make me an offer," said Mann, whose family has owned the alley since 1980. He watched workers wheel around filing cabinets and size up video games, and said he was saddened and still a bit in shock they had to close the alley, which opened in 1958.
